Explainer-Where is Crimea and why is it contested?

April 25, 2025

Russia sent forces into Crimea and seized control of the peninsula after Ukraine’s pro-Russian president, Viktor Yanukovych, was ousted during mass protests in February 2014.

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/explainer-where-is-crimea-and-why-is-it-contested

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